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Jam Turk electrifying the PPC Provo cricket competition Published on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 Email To Friend    Print Version (TCI-GIS): A comfortable 58 runs by Carlton Benjamin and an unbeaten 50 not out from Glen Campbell was enough to propel the Atlas Electrical sponsored Jam Turk team to their second consecutive win when they beat the Masters by 104 runs on Saturday, November 29th. After deciding to grace the wicket with first strike, Jam Turk had smooth sailing as opener Carlton Benjamin kept the Masters busy around the field. Balls crashed into boundaries, spectators cheered in excitement as the tally rose courtesy of Benjamin. Dr Carlton Mills, Minister of Sports seated with Jam Turk Number 3 strikers Glen Campbell took replaced Benjamin and he too gave the Masters no time to rest as his bat wielding actions catapulted the tally to a three figure score in no time. After a real colorful performance the left handed Glen Campbell had to retire hurt just settling on his half-century mark. Floyd Selva was the other batsman to have contributed a high double figure score. Bowling for the Masters were Henry Pennant with 5 overs, 32 runs for 1 wicket and Rupert Robinson with 6 overs, 39 runs for 1 wicket. In reply, the Spence Security sponsored Masters team tried to convince the over 100 spectators that their seniority and experience could make a difference, but that was a spell to be broken as they were quickly restricted to a mere 125 runs all out. Uriel Gilbert captured 3 wickets for 20 runs off 0 overs, David Riley 3 for 48 off 4.5 overs and Calvin Aarons 3 for 54 off 6 overs were the Jam Turk bowlers who did the damage. Final score for Saturday's game –Jam Turk-229 for 4 and Masters 125 all out. Bruno and Hinds gave dazzling performances Sunday November 30th was dubbed the game of the season in so far as spectators and players alike had to hold their breath as they watched an exciting competitive game between new comers Seven Stars and the Police in the 5th game of the season. After winning the toss the Astrom sponsored Seven Stars Club sent the Officers to take first strike opener and Captain Kavin Mars and number 3 batsman Garvin Bruno made good of their opportunity as the dynamic duo took their team through a thrilling moment as they made fun off the bowling and poor fielding effort of the seven stars. Mars was later sent back to the pavilion by a run out after hitting 13 fours and 1 six putting 61 to his name. Centurian, Garvin Bruno of the Police Team Bruno found it real easy as he slammed almost every ball delivered to him sending 16 into the boundary for 4. His batting skills did not go unnoticed, as the Seven Stars bowling just could not keep him down. After an exhilarating performance, Bruno was stumped, and returned to the pavilion after scoring a superb 101 runs. Other contributors were Sabuton John with 27, Calvin Chase 16 and Desbourne Young and Hayden spring on 10 and 14 respectively as the not out batsmen. At the end of the allotted 30 overs - the Police left a target of 257 runs for seven stars. Annil Nuwan was the credited for 2 wickets for 55 runs off 5 overs for the seven stars. In what seemed to be an unreachable task, the opening pair of Nuwan Budanykie and captain Kevin Hinds started well for the Astrom sponsored team before Nuwan was given an LBW marching order for 34 runs with 5 fours in the mix. Kevin Hinds heated up the pavilion as his batting skills played out well sending a strong message to the officers. 8 fours and 4 sixes was an indication that he had no intention of giving up so easily before he was run out for a well played 72 runs. Denish Ranaweera -38 was the other batsman to score high for the seven stars. Bowling for the Police were centurion Garvin Bruno who humbled 3 batsmen for 42 runs off 6 overs and Tony Hutchinson -4 for 39 off 6 overs. Final score Police 257 for 4 off 30 overs and Seven Stars in reply -231 all out off 27.5 overs. The Police won by 26 runs.   Reads : 722 Back... Comments: No comments on this topic yet. Be the first one to submit a comment. Back... Send us your comments!   Send us your comments on this article for publication in our Readers' Forum or as a Letter to the Editor. All fields are required and in the interest of openness and transparency we will no longer accept anonymous submissions. We therefore request that all submissions include a name for publication, regardless of content. We will in special circumstances protect a writer's identity only after we have established good cause for anonymity, otherwise we will not be able to publish the submission. 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